Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2015, V 462, N 1, May.

 
Part 1. Geology
 
Nd Isotopic Composition of the Paleozoic Granitic Rocks and Structure 
of the Deep Crustal Levels of the Chingiz Range, East Kazakhstan  
K. E. Degtyarev, K. N. Shatagin, and V. P. Kovach 
p. 433   
  
Detection of Active Faults of the Earth?s Crust 
in the St. Petersburg Area Using Satellite Imaging  
S. N. Nevolin 
p. 437   
  
Place of Birth of the Siberian Platform  
V. E. Pavlov and A. V. Shatsillo 
p. 444   
  
Neoproterozoic Rhyolites of the Ulutau 
Precambrian Massif (Central Kazakhstan): 
Structural Position and Age Justification  
A. A. Tretyakov, K. E. Degtyarev, K. N. Shatagin, 
A. V. Pilitsyna, A. B. Kotov, E. B. Salnikova, 
S. Z. Yakovleva, I. V. Anosimova, 
and Yu. V. Plotkina 
p. 449   
 

 
Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography  
 
The First Find of Massive Pyrolusite in a 
Deep-Water Basin of the Sea of Japan  
N. V. Astakhova, V. T. S??edin, A. V. Mozherovsky, 
and E. A. Lopatnikov 
p. 453   
  
Evidence for the Valhalla Tectonic Events at 
the Western Margin of the Siberian Craton  
I. I. Likhanov, V. V. Reverdatto, P. S. Kozlov, 
S. V. Zinoviev, and V. V. Khiller 
p. 458   
  
Studies of the Composition of Hydrocarbon 
Components of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 
and Pugachevo Mud Volcanoes  
N. S. Polonik, R. B. Shakirov, A. V. Sorochinskaya, 
and A. I. Obzhirov 
p. 463   
  
Synthesis of Fine-Crystalline Tourmaline in Hydrothermal Solutions  
T. V. Setkova, V. S. Balitsky, and Yu. B. Shapovalov 
p. 468   
  
Sperrylite (PtAs2) as a 190Pt?4He Geochronometer  
O. V. Yakubovich, A. G. Mochalov, and S. F. Sluzhenikin 
p. 472   
  
Time Dependences of Acoustic Signal Characteristics 
during Fracture of Metal Samples  
L. R. Botvina, T. B. Petersen, A. P. Soldatenkov, 
and M. R. Tyutin 
p. 475   
  
New Data on the Upper Quaternary Stratigraphy
of the North Caspian Sea  
Yu. P. Bezrodnykh, S. V. Deliya, B. F. Romanyuk, 
V. M. Sorokin, and T. A. Yanina 
p. 479   
  
Typical Geometry of Rogue Waves  
V. E. Zakharov, R. V. Shamin, and A. V. Yudin 
p. 484   
  
LILE, REE, and HFSE Partition Coefficients between Crystal and Melt 
in Migmatites of Granulite Facies of the Nimnyr Block, Aldan Shield  
V. A. Glebovitskii and I. S. Sedova 
p. 487   
  
Experience of Chemical Th?U?Pb Chemical Dating of 
Zircon from Metasomatic Felsic Veins 
of the Gridino Area, Belomorian Eclogite Province  
V. V. Khiller, V. V. Reverdatto, A. N. Konilov, A. A. Viryus, 
K. A. Dokukina, K. V. Van, and I. M. Romanenko 
p. 494   
  
Equigranular Eclogites from the V. Grib Kimberlite Pipe: 
Evidence for Paleoproterozoic 
Subduction on the Territory of the Arkhangelsk 
Diamondiferous Province  
E. V. Shchukina, A. M. Agashev, N. N. Golovin, 
and N. P. Pokhilenko 
p. 497   
  
Variations in the Atmospheric Electric Field 
at Mountainous Observation Points  
A. Kh. Adzhiev and G. V. Kupovykh 
p. 502   
  
Climatic Variations in the Arctic, 
North Atlantic, and the Northern Sea Route  
G. N. Panin and N. A. Diansky 
p. 505   

Peculiarities of the Present-Day Morpholithogenesis
on the Laptev Sea Shelf: 
Semenovskaya Shoal (Vasema Land)  
O. V. Dudarev, A. N. Charkin, N. E. Shakhova, 
I. P. Semiletov, V. I. Sergienko, 
I. I. Pipko, S. P. Pugach, and D. V. Chernykh 
p. 510   
  
Evidence for and Consequences of the ?Hot? Subduction Model  
N. L. Dobretsov, D. A. Zedgenizov, and K. D. Litasov 
p. 517   
  
The Behavior of Uranium and Manganese under 
the Diagenesis of Carbonate Sediments
in Small Lakes of the Baikal Region  
Yu. S. Vosel, V. D. Strakhovenko, 
I. V. Makarova, and S. V. Vosel 
p. 522   
  
Volatile Compounds of Sulfur in the 
Fe?C?S System at 5.3 GPa and 1300C  
E. I. Zhimulev, V. M. Sonin, T. A. Bul?bak, A. I. Chepurov, 
A. A. Tomilenko, and N. P. Pokhilenko 
p. 527   
  
The Problem of Evolution of the Earth?s Core: 
Geological, Petrological,
and Paleomagnetic Evidence  
E. V. Sharkov and O. A. Bogatikov 
p. 533   
  
Investigation of the Geoelectrical Structure 
of the Earth?s Crust by Phase-Gradient Sounding  
Yu. A. Kopytenko, V. S. Ismagilov, and M. S. Petrishchev 
p. 539   
  
New Data on the Deep Structure, Tectonics, 
and Geodynamics of the Greater Caucasus  
E. A. Rogozhin, A. V. Gorbatikov, V. B. Zaalishvili, 
M. Yu. Stepanova, 
N. V. Andreeva, and Yu. V. Kharazova 
p. 543